Author Archives: Adam Foxman

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The University of California Board of Regents’ finance committee deadlocked on whether to increase student fees Wednesday after an intense debate about the UC’s budget compact with the governor. It will likely vote on student fee increases today. The finance committee voted 5-5 on the fee proposal, which would raise graduate student […]

After months of waiting, the regents of the University of California are ready to take action ““ but the May Revise is problematic and their decisions are likely to be controversial. The regents have debated ways to preserve the quality of the university ever since the governor’s January budget proposal told the already-lean UC it […]

The compact between the University of California and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will likely reflect higher education funding for both the May revise and the final budget, and frustrated legislators may not have a way to oppose it. By the terms of the agreement, the university agreed not to fight the $372 million cut that Schwarzenegger […]

University of California President Robert Dynes and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised a new budget compact between the university and the state when it was announced Tuesday, but it met with more concern and anger than enthusiasm from some UC officials and student leaders. The compact says the UC will absorb about $372 million in budget […]

As student fees continue to rise and funding for outreach rapidly diminishes, the number of black students at the University of California is dwindling. A study released Tuesday by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA found that enrollment of black students in the UC has decreased steadily since Proposition 209 […]

At 72, when most men are enjoying their first years of retirement, former UCLA chancellor Charles Young is heading Education City off the west coast of Saudi Arabia. Young, who served as UCLA chancellor for 29 years and came out of a brief retirement for a four-year stint as president of the University of Florida, […]

Calling for an end to budget cuts and lamenting declines in access to education and campus diversity, students took the case for outreach to the public Saturday. Outreach programs were cut by 50 percent for the 2003-2004 academic year, and Gov. Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget for 2004-2005 would eliminate all state funds for outreach. In an […]